Car wheel and mounting therefor



April 1 1924.

J. W. SILVER cm WHEEL AND MOUNTING THEREFOR Filed Y Sept 1,922

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JAMES W. SILVER, Q36 OGDEN, UTAH.

CAB WHEEL AND 1350GT) NTING' THEREFOR.

Application filed September 5, 1922. Serial 310.586326.

To all whom it may concern:

I, s V L 21" JLES IE 3, Be 1 l'nov n h t JAY" W SH. a, citizen of the United ates, and a resident of @gden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Car V7 heels and Mountings Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car wheels and mountings therefor, and particularly embodies the car wheel structure itself and as combined in association with a novelly coacting retaining collar and interposed cooperating means. I

While the invention has been perfected with more especial reference to mine car work, where there is much dust as well as other loosely scattered substances to be contended with, it is nevertheless to be understood at the outset that the invention is not necessarily restricted to use in this particular relation, as the improvements doubtless may also be ver satisfactorily employed in other analogous relations. For the Purposes of simplicity of illustration and brevity of description, however, I will only disclose the improvements with particular reference to mine car wheels and mountings therefor, but with the understanding that no restrictions are thereby imposed thereon as to any one exact sphere of usefulness.

The primary object ofthe invention has been to devise effective and economical means whereby the car wheelis so rotatably supported by a rigidly fixed axis as to pro vide antifriction bearings, for taking the radial load and axial thrust, whileat the same time providing fora snugly closed dust-proof arrangement, for excluding dust, dirt and other forei n substances generally from the bearings and lubricating means.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages, however, will be so clearly apparcut, as incidental to the following disclosure, that it would serve no useful. purpose to further enlarge upon the same initially, and with these ,prefacing remarks, therefore, reference will now he immediately had to the accompanyingdrawings,forming a part of this application and disclosing a practical embodiment of the improvem nts, in which drawings-' Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improvements, as applied to an axle end, taken on the line 1--l of Fi ure 2; and

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

numeral 5 designatesa car wheel, having an enlarged hub section 6 that provides an outwardly disposed closed extension 7 and an oppositely disposed elongated neck eztension 8, which latter is preferably projected exteriorly beyond the Zone of the wheel flange. The closed end wall of the extension 7 is preferably formed integrally with the extension, but itc'ould be in the nature of a threaded cap if founddesirable.

'llhe hub section provides the enlarged axial chamber 9, in which is preferably disposed a wear-cylinder or lining 10, for housthe end of the axle 11 andthe anti-friction bearings 12, shown a rollers longitudinally disposed between the retaining or spacing disks 1814:, but by the present construction, the hub section also provides a dust-proof annular lubricant channel 15, having an inlet 16 which is closed bya plug, or a grease cupif preferred, not illustrated on the drawings; The roller bearings 12, as shown, are of a well known type, but of course any other suitable type of antifriction bearings could be employed in their place. Also, if preferred, the axle end could be provided with a wear cylinder, not shown, analogous to the wear-lining 10, although these features are not strictly essential to the actual invention. l l here the lining sleeve 10 is employed, however, same should be provided with one or more apertures 10 disposed in the plane of the annular channel 15, to permit free passage of the lubricating medium to the bearings 12.

lhe peripheral face of the neck extension 8 provides an annular recess or groove 17-18,' which in its lowermost position functions as a'ball raceway recess that forms a part of retaining ball bearing means, for taking the end thrust or axial load. For convenience of reference, one surface of this annular recess is indicated at 17 and the op posite surface at 18.

The retaining collar-comprises a casting which provides a horizontal. top web 19, having bolt holes 20 for the rigid attachment of the retaining collar to its car body or proper support therefor, a vertical web 21, an axially bored or apertured collar body 22, for encompassing the axle 11, which collar body is suitably ape rtured, in registration with a complementary aperture through the axle,

7 its projecting cnu, but obvioiiasly liniit myself to the exact form or the -r= for the insertion of a keying bolt or rivet- 23, an enlarged inner head 2 L in the nature of an annular that provides a chamber 25 for housing the projecting end of the neck extension 8, and lower nipple or 26, for said annular e, that is threaded. to receive a cap screw 27.

The keying element 23 preterabi l; a rivet, inserted when cold and then by a torch for more facilely pee1i may be made fast to the axle in suitable way. ln tact do not taining collar castingin its en '1 ing as to its really essential tea will further be understood that steppe lubricating inlet, not shown, could r idi be provided to lead directly to the ball l ing ineans. although this would hardly be necessary because the balls, hereinafter referred to, would be maintained properly lubricated by way of the. wheel hub ch amber and its lubricating channel 153. all in dust proof relation as will be readily apparent from the drawings.

The inner peripheral. 1: wall 24, for a limited dish adjacent to the boss 26, i

of the flange a" a position ornied with a s comparatively short ball receiving recess or pocket 28, of circumferen'ial curvature and J scinicylindrical in cross-section, one CUT ed side face of which is indicated at 29, this arcuate ball pocke 28 is adapted 1 congruent registration 'witll its complementary annular groove or ball raceway recess 17-18, being of a length only to contain a limited number of suitable steel balls 30, say approximately three in number as shown, although I do not wish to unnecessarily limit myself to the exact length of this recess 28.

While in the drawings there is only shown one end of the axle, it is of course linden stood that the arrangement is to be duplicated at the other end also, and while it is believed that the economical manner of assembly will be quite apparent from the drawings, it may be briefly stated that aft-er the retaining collar has been fixedly secured to the axle 11, and the roller bearings 12 and Wheel 5 properly titted over the end of the axle, it is then that the balls 30 are slipped into their spaces 28- 2917-18, d thecap screw 27 threaded home to seat its opposed ball 30, for maintaining the car wheel in position relatively to its axle and retaining collar, while the same time providing the anti-friction means for taking up the axial load or end thrust the latter being taken up in one direction by the surfaces 18 and 29 with the interposed balls 30, and in the other direction by the surface 17 ofthe extension neck recess and the surface of the arcuate ball pocket 28 opposite to face 29 with the iternosed balls 30 j SL111 this direcaxle ll nd not by the balis noted and filnj lllilsliiefl b has no unp 'ected while the open inner extension 8 is completely its new l ,nular hollow head or flange so that all oust, grit and foreign subst noes gen rally are eiiioiently excluded bear gs and the lubricating means which is highly desirable in all i l ore esigecia ly so with wheel I mine cars which have to enuch dust and gritty substances in their operations. a

.t is believed that the advantages of all of features will be fully apparcially to those cognizant of the'needs but while I have thus disch nreterred embodiments of thmar later be found to be 7 ithout in any way departist of the invention, and understood, therefore, that do anecessarily restrict inyse-lif' ol. the details exactly as shown and excepting as they may come witherrns of the ensuing claims, or equivain combination, or when fairly the light of the specification claim, as new and patentable,

tion of a nonrotatable axle, roller bearings encompassing the outer end thereof, a car wheel mounted by sa1d roller bearings and having a hub inner neck extension providing 7 a raceway recess disposed peripherally thereor encased b the retainino collar around, a retaining collar fixedly mounted relatively to said axle and having a head flange Wall forming an annular chamber snugly encompassing said neck extension, the said flange wall providing a hall pocket, in complementary registration with said raceway recess, and also providing an aperture leading to said ball pocket for the insertion of hearing balls therein, a plurality oi nonrevolving bearing balls in said ball pocket, and a plug for said aperture the inner end of which provides a seat for one of said hearing balls.

3. A retaining collar for car Wheel mount ings of the character herein disclosed, which comprises a body portion having a head flange wall forming an annular chamber, the said flange wall providing a relatively short arcuate ball pocket along its lowermost inside face, and also providing an aperture leading to said arcuate ball pocket for the insertion of bearing balls therein.

4:. In car Wheel mountings, the combination of a nonrotatable axle, a car Wheel encompassing the outer end thereof and embodying a hub section providing an enlarged axial bore, an outwardly disposed extension closed at its outer end, a neck extension at its inner end providing a raceway recess disposed peripherally therearound, and a lubricant reservoir chamber formed within the body of said hub section and in direct open communication with said bore, roller bearings encompassing said axle end and housed within said axial bore, a retaining collar fixedly mounted relatively to said axle and having a head flange Wall snugly encasing said neck extension in dust-proof relation, the said flange wall providing a relatively short ball pocket along its lowermost inside face, in complementary registration with said raceway recess, and also providing an aperture therethrough for the insertion of bearing balls into said pocket and raceway recess, a plurality of bearing halls mounted against revolution in said pocket and racewayrecess, and a suitable plug element for said aperture.

In testimony whereof, I afix my signature.

JAMES W. SILVER. 

